Baltimore Orioles Baseball
Why The Orioles Should Trade Britton
The bullpen in major league baseball is becoming more and more of a premium area teams are focusing on. After seeing the success of the Royals the last few years, culminating with a World Championship this season, teams are trying to replicate that. We saw Craig...
3 Strikes: Change For Certainty
We crave certainty; we like knowing--or believing that we know--what's coming up next. Change scares most people. While most people put up the pretense of liking change, most would rather settle in to the expected. Change in sports is even scarier. Change in sports...
Browsing the Braves
There might be something of a fire sale going on in Atlanta.After dealing top closer Craig Kimbrel to the Padres last year and elite shortstop Andrelton Simmons to the Angels just a week or so ago, FOX Sports national writer Ken Rosenthal reported that a source...
Latos vs Samardzija
A popular name on the Baltimore Sports and Life message board is Jeff Samardzija. Recently, BSL owner Chris Stoner wrote an article on why the Orioles should sign him and Scott Kazmir. I can get behind the idea of Kazmir, depending on the deal. He is a very solid...
Kazmir & Samardzija
With apologies for becoming repetitive, I'm on the Scott Kazmir and Jeff Samardzija bandwagon this Winter. Here we give expanded looks at both, giving our rationale of why.(You can discuss this on the BSL Board here.)While respecting what happens when you 'assume',...
Starting to Look at the Starting Pitching
So the Orioles need starting pitching.That’s not really news -- everyone in the league needs starting pitching except possibly the New York Mets, to some degree or another. But a quick look at the numbers Baltimore starters put up last year (or a quick trip down...
Hardy Still A Big Asset To O’s
It's a typical reaction to look around and see something that looks better than what you have. We all want the latest and greatest technology. We want the nice, new model as new always appeals to us. That thought process always crosses over in sports. And, you can't...
The Choice to Re-sign Chris Davis Is Not a Choice
The long and short of it is that the Orioles need to re-sign 1B Chris Davis, and barring a massive drop in his market value, such a contract would almost certainly be the biggest free agent outlay in franchise history. But if the rest of the league is sane, and if...